Architecture and Interior Architecture Methods 1A - Analogue Literacy

• • Concept Visualisation
  • Drawing to inform the design process
  • Hand drawing, sketching and diagramming
  • Orthographic Projections
  • Modelling techniques and applications

Equivalent subjects

You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:

• CUR-BAS115C-Architecture Methods 1 (No longer available)

Others

Students who have completed BAS110 PRIOR to 2015 are not required to enrol into its co-requisite BAS115 as it was previously counted as double subject. From 2015, BAS110 must be enrolled at same time.

Additional requirements

• Equipment requirements - Audio video equipment required.
• Software requirements - Software purchase required.
• Other requirements - Additional materials - In this studio unit(s) students are required to purchase a number of specific items for hand drawing, sketching and presenting. These supplies will continue to be used and required throughout the course. Access to the internet. Provide an email address.

This subject was previously known as Architecture Methods 1.

This subject introduces students to ways in which designers communicate aspects of the built environment through the exploration of a design problem. The emphasis is on the importance of the visualisation of concepts for a sketch design and design development. The syllabus includes introduction and application of scale and analogue techniques, including observation, hand drawn sketching, diagramming, and orthographic projection and modelling techniques.

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• Presentation 1 (20%)
• Presentation 2 (30%)
• Portfolio (50%)

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